The Roman road leading out of the hill-top town of Anghiari. That's Giuseppe Garibaldi on the right.According to Roman tradition, all statues must face, or point to, Rome. But this guy is pointing in the opposite direction!

View from higher up the road in scenic Anghiari.

Nancy's favorite place in Anghiari was the Busatti Linen shop.We were able to tour the looms in the basement, some of which have been in operation for over 100 years. They are electricaly powered and mechanically controlled by cardboard punch cards like a player piano. Very cool! They can make custom designs for you - for a hefty price, of course.

Our next stop, near Anghiari, was the "Ravagni since 1491" olive oil mill (and B&B) which has been run by the Bartolomei family since the 18th century. Above, enthusiastic owner, Francesco Bartolomei gives us a tour of his pressing mill.

After the olive mill tour, Francesco hosted a lovely outdoor lunch which included olive oil tasting. There were more than a dozen oils to try. Nancy's fovorite was "sage".

Under the table at lunch: three sleeping puppies!

Another stop on our tour was the Valle di Mezzo goatfarm where we watched a milking and sampled variousgoat cheeses. The farm is owned by American, "Brent" who gave us a very enthusiastic tour & cheese tasting. Certainly the cleanest, best smelling goats we'd ever seen!

A final stop on our tour was a wine tasting at the beautifully restored Villa La Ripa belonging to psychiatrist, Dr. Luzzi. His wines were good, but his villa was amazing! Yet another very enthusiastic spokesman for his product. A fun visit.

On our "free day" we drove from Torre del Tartufo to the nearby towns of Arezzo, Cortona and Montepuliano.

Early in the morning of Sunday, June 30th we drove back to Peretola Airport (FLR), caught our 7 AM flight to Schiphol (AMS), connected to our 11:30 KLM flight to Boston, arrived in time to catch the 1:20 PM C&J bus - which brought us home to Portsmouth, NH by 3PM. All in all, an excellent trip!

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Back home, we took advantage of Comcast "On Demand" to watch "Under the Tuscan Sun". Sure enough, we instantly recognized the locations. Frances (the heroine played by Diane Lane) arrives by bus in Cortona, they walk around the Piazza della Repubblica on market day. Later, they go to Montepulciano for the flag throwing contest which takes place in the Piazza Grande - also pictured above!It was fun to watch and it gave us a whole new perspective. PS: If you haven't seen that movie, you should rent it!